Red Cedar

i now have extra room in the back of my mouth – sans wisdom teeth. david drove me home from the surgeon’s and all in all i’m feeling okay (though i can only eat soft things for the next week, and i’m sure without the T3s i would be gibbering at the moment). i have posession of two of the teeth that came out (apparently the third was smashed beyond saving) – i am going to add them to my collection of other things that have come out of me in the last couple of years (including the titanium pin from my ankle and a couple of fillings that fell out) – clearly this is ample material for voodoo art of some kind.

anyhow – i am at home for the next week, working and recuperating, so if you were looking to catch up with me, this would be a fine opportunity to do it.

nightfall and my house is very quiet after a weekend of lovely houseguests. this was a good new year’s gathering, and tomorrow i go to get my wisdom teeth pulled out and then another week of lying about my house trying to simultaneously heal, do the union work i was supposed to be doing the week bob died, and prepare for a final psych exam….. urgh to all of it.

i snapped this picture off my front porch, and it makes me really want a tripod for night shots. i had to stack a bunch of books up on the porch railing to get the camera still enough, and there is still some motion blur in it… but the sky tonight was gorgeous as the sun set between the trees – it’s cold and clear, unusual for this time of year.

a walk by the sea at the close of the first day of the year…..

from the pictures of the oak tree in the bleak field taken on christmas day i have created one more desktop in the forest series…. though this is less foresty than the others – i’m not sure how i like it yet, i’m just seeing if i can live with it for a few days but i’m sharing it here in any case….

Winter Oak Desktop Picture